A Short History of the World's Shipping Industry

ISBN-13: 9780415381635 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 344 str.

C. Ernes Fayle; Ernest Fayle C.

Opis

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Prologue: The Sea as Barrier and Highway 1. 'Ships of Tarshish' - The Sea-Traders of Antiquity 2. 'Brides of the Adriatic' - The Mediterranean Epoch 3. King Herring and Golden Fleece - The Early Shipping Industry of Northern Europe 4. The Wealth of the Indies - The Opening of the Ocean Routes 5. Merchant Adventurers - The Rise of England 6. 'The prodigious increase of the Netherlands' - The Dutch as General Carriers 7. 'Ships, Colonies and Commerce' - The Era of the Navigation Acts 8. 'The Shipping Interest' - The Carrying Trade in the Eighteenth Century 9. 'White Wings' and 'Tin Kettles' - The Clipper Ship Ear and the Rise of Steam 10. Liners and Tramps - The Evolution of the Modern Shipping Industry 11. Competition and Combination - The Organisation of Modern Shipping 12. The World's Key Industry - The Shipping Industries Today

O autorze

C. Ernest Fayle